With Youth Week Calgary coming up in just a few months, it’s apparent that a lot of people aren’t fully aware of what Youth Week actually is. Never fear though, I think I have the answers.
Youth Week is an event that is celebrated worldwide as a week for youth to come out and enjoy what their city has to offer. Youth Central organizes Youth Week in Calgary with help from the City of Calgary and over 30 businesses, agencies and organizations that host events. Essentially, it’s to get youth involved and be interactive in their city. Imagine a week filled with events at a huge variety of venues, where going out and having fun is the only requirement! Take this concept and think for a few seconds what Calgary would do. I think it’s fair to say that Calgary has tons to offer, you just have to find it. For youth to actively partake in activities in their city, they can be more aware about what goes on in Calgary. It puts that much more pride in the term “hometown.”
The problem is however, hearing someone say “Youth Week” comes with a stigma, where people think they’re too cool to join in. Contrary of popular belief, all Youth Week does is show people the things that already happen. Look at it this way, events aren’t created for the sake of Youth Week, but Youth Week only exists thanks to the many things that occur in the city without people really noticing.
A night at the community recreation centre? Youth Week certified! A school drama production? Youth Week approved! A charity fundraiser? Youth Week endorsed! The list goes on! Anything that happens in Calgary that can involve youth, has all the potential to be a great Youth Week event!
So what are you waiting for?! Youth Week Calgary 2012: It starts with you.
As diplomas and finals are upon us, you may find yourself stressing out about your tests, which is an extremely common response. While studying and knowing the material is the most useful way to feel confident and prepared, test anxiety can still trip you up, even if you know your stuff. Here are a few tips and strategies to help you get through those multiple choice exams and still feel good about them. =)
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Youth Week Calgary 2012 is growing near, and with it comes more prizes for all of our events! Youth Week, a program of 
Of course, there’s even more to Youth Week than a greatly inspirational and engaging message; it’s full of super-fun events and, obviously, prizes! For helping to make our wide variety of prizes possible, we’d like to thank the Calgary Zoo for its donation of two general and two child passes! It’s well known that the Calgary Zoo is dedicated to the conservation of wildlife habitat and the protection of their endangered species, but the Zoo’s contribution to Youth Week also speaks of its commitment to the community and other initiatives.
Debt is not bad, but debt that you cannot repay is very, very bad. The key is that when developed countries borrow money, the rest of the World assumes that they’re going to be able to pay it back. This was true until early 2010, when the world found out that Greece, a developed country associated with a strong currency (the Euro), could not pay back its debt. This realization has made debt for Greece much more expensive, but since the new debt is so expensive it makes it relatively impossible for Greece to ever find a way to repay its debt, creating a vicious circle.
This Greek bailout was followed by Ireland getting a bailout, then Portugal, and then a continued effort to try to save all of these countries. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen any success with these attempts which has caused a complete downward spiral that has pulled in all of the Eurozone countries and the rest of the European Union down with it. If Greece continues to fail, then the Euro fails along with it, which could possibly end the European Union as a whole. This is another complicated problem, but that’s another blog post. I hope that these four paragraphs have made you understand the basics behind the European banking crisis. Thanks for reading!
Let me preface this by saying that I am a complete and total music enthusiast. I have over 10,000 songs, and my tastes range from Spanish Gypsy Jazz to Viking Black Metal to Dutch Progressive Rock. I mention this because I want people to understand where I’m coming from when I talk about the state of ‘modern music’.
First, let’s talk briefly about what music is, and why we listen to it. Ignoring the technical nonsense, music is a form of expression. It’s our feelings and emotions laid out for us to hear using melody, pitch, and rhythm. Music has been around since the prehistoric era. Flutes as old as 40,000 years have been discovered in various archaeological sites. Just think about that for a second; we’ve been fooling around with music since we were still neanderthals! Yet you have the gall to tell me that “modern” music sucks…
Very rarely is there bad music, or good music. Music is either effective, or ineffective. I’m not talking about the skills or lack thereof of composers or musicians. No, I’m talking about what music makes you feel good. Justin Bieber just not doing it for you? Good. You aren’t the target audience (though I will concede that he does look like a girl). Don’t like rap? No big deal, it’s just not effective for you. Or try dubstep. People tell me it’s just noise. Well, have you actually sat yourself down and listened closely? You might surprise yourself at what you’ll find.
This brings me back to my main point, the state of “modern music,” as its called. If you are looking for meaningful, deep, interesting, or creative music on the radio, you’re doing it wrong. Sure, every now and then you might find a nice song, but if you are basing the music of an entire decade off what you hear on the radio, you are basically giving a giant slap in the face to all the artists out there legitimately trying to make “good” music.
You’re probably thinking then, what about classic rock? Wasn’t classic rock played on the radio all the time? That’s pretty indicative of that generation, is it not? And you’d be right, sort of. A common misconception is that there was no bad music in the 60s/70s/80s. Wrong! The reason you think that is because Classic Rock has stood the test of time. And if you think that those rockers were only in it for the music, well then I’d laugh at you and point you to Kiss, AC/DC, the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin to get you started.
